390 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



METEOKOLOGY, 



C. H. Johnson. 



1893. 



The meteorological observations have been continued as 

 in previous j^ears. The temperature, the force and the 

 direction of the wind and the amount of cloudiness are 

 recorded each day, at 7 a.m., 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. During 

 the summer months the reading of a wet-bulb thermometer 

 takes place at the same time. Records are also taken of 

 maximum and minimum temperatures, rainfall, and of casual 

 meteorological phenomena. 



Monthly and annual reports are sent to the headquarters 

 of the New England Weather Service at Boston, and during 

 the summer months partial monthly reports have been fur- 

 nished for the use of the secretary of the State Board of 

 Agriculture. 



The most conspicuous meteorological phenomena of the 

 past year (1893) will be brietiy considered here, while the 

 following tables will show the average monthly'' temperature, 

 precipitation, prevailing direction of the wind, etc. 



The winter of 1893 was exceptionally cold, the mean 

 temperature of January, February and March being 21.88". 



There was no snow on the OTOund at the beo^inninw of the 

 year, the first fall worthy of mention occurring on January 

 10, giving 5.5 inches. The heaviest snowfall of the year 

 was on February 22, amounting to 17 inches. The total 

 amount of snow falHng durino: the season was 71.25 inches. 

 As the weather remained cold, the amount of snow after the 

 first fall did not decrease very much, and the ground was 

 protected until the heavy rains of the 12th and 15th of 

 March. 



